Looking at CapGeek, we're not in that bad a situation as some would like us to believe. Cap drops to $64M next year, but right now, we're $14M under it. Buy out Ruutu and you're looking at $18M in cap freedom going into the offseason, while needing to re-sign Semin, NOT LaRose, Nodl, Brent, Corvo, Sanguinetti,

FTFY.

None of those other guys offer anything that some league minimum player couldn't offer.

And did I miss reading where Marc Staal said he was planning on coming here?